A three-year-old girl was killed in a horrific car crash just days before Christmas when the vehicle her aunt was driving overturned. Sabaa Riaz was reportedly "distracted" by her niece Huma, who was unsecured in the back of her aunt's Vauxhall Corsa at the time of the crash.
The crash happened in cold and wet conditions in Church Road, Yardley, Birmingham, at around 10.25pm on December 22, 2021. Birmingham Crown Court heard the Corsa had two defective tyres.
Before the crash, little Huma was in the back of the car but was not in a child's car seat and a seatbelt that was in place was not secure, BirminghamLive reports. Sabaa, 23, had taken her niece out in the car on a "short journey" as a "favour" to Huma's parents, Alistair Smith, defending, said.
